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M Sec_ 613. - Claims —Formalities, treasury payment ems_ Any claim against the City shall be in writing and may be in the form of a bill, invoice, payroll, or formal demand. The director of finance, with approval of the City Manager, may prescribe the formates f^r_ Ain which claims against the City shall be presented_ to k_ Each such claim shall be presented to the direstep-of-finance department_ The director of finance shall prescribe internal controls for examination and audit of each claim, who shall exapAipe anr+ w -.+i+ i+. If the claim is correct in all respects,. has not previously been paid nor certified for payment, is provided for by an appropriation or legally enforceable court or administrative order for the purpose or object that gave rise to it, and if sufficient funds for the payment thereof remain unencumbered in such appropriation if applicable, and if the claim is otherwise legally due and payable, the director of finance sh°e Ger+ ify on the original form oyidei;Ginn shall authorize payment from r+raW hiss Ea gWalA+ nn the treasury, and against the proper fund, for the payment thereof. All claims certified for payment by the director of finance, and payments w, arrpts drawn by the finance director him for the payment thereof, shall be transmitted by the finance director to the City Manager together with a list of such payments war -Pants; payable from each fund, showing for each payment, warr ,gin+ the number, date, and amount of the payment wa w# and the name of the payee. The City Manager may approve or disallow any of the claims so certified for payment_ Any person dissatisfied with the refusal of the director of finance and/or the City Manager to approve any claim, in whole or in part, may present such claim to the City Council_ The City Council, after examination into the matter, may approve or disapprove the claim in whole or in part, and, if properly payable under an existing appropriation, may order the director of finance to make payment of the claim or portion thereof dmw hr, hhirNwarran+ on the treasury in nayrnent thsFsaf. For any such claim for which no provision, by way of appropriation, exists, but which is approved for payment by the City Council, appropriation by the City Council shall be made therefor before the director of finance is ordered to make payment dr.-" his warrapt in payrnen+ thereof. Payment dui on the City treasury which are not paid for lack of funds shall be registered. All registered payments Nw4rrpn c shall be paid in the order of their registration when funds therefor are available and shall bear interest from date of registration at such rate as shall be fixed by the City Council by resolution. Slide 25 Charter Review City Manager's Office April 5,2022